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by jeegsy 6y ago
Does anyone have any idea what these lobbyists actually say? What excuse (however lame) that they actually give for blocking simplification etc?
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by jeegsy 6y ago
These private companies also pay taxes year after year
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by jeegsy 6y ago
I hope this blog post gets archived properly. I havent seen such a perfect representation of cancel culture era content creation in a while. Its all here guys!
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by jeegsy 6y ago
Once I read the story, I could easily predict the comments that would follow on HN: > because there is no controlling a 200-pound angry wild animal when its upset: >I'm not sure it's fair to call a gorilla a "wild anima
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by jeegsy 6y ago
Ding Ding Ding!!!
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by jeegsy 6y ago
Very well said
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by jeegsy 6y ago
I really really miss stumbleupon. This site is pretty cool though...those 90s music videos were so....those were the times
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by jeegsy 6y ago
I think you might be missing the point of the hypothetical
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by jeegsy 6y ago
For one thing, conversations are a lot easier to have when there is an implicit rule that context is always considered when evaluating word usage. For example, the word 'autist' in the context of 'stonks' and 'wsb&#
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by jeegsy 6y ago
This has been my setup for nearly a decade now. I cant imagine using anything else. The keyboard/mouse thing is still cumbersome but my wife and I have gotten used to it. I use jellyfin as well. Running in docker on a smaller laptop. I
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by jeegsy 6y ago
I always appreciate comments that so perfectly capture the spirit of my yet un-articulated thoughts!
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by jeegsy 6y ago
I suppose I have picked the wrong time to start reading more of the "serious" stuff on the Internet and offline. This article would have been ok except for the totally random mention of blackface which read like a fulfillment of t
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by jeegsy 6y ago
Given the history of this country, I would be very wary of supporting any idea based on Supreme Court precedent.
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by jeegsy 6y ago
> executives taking 50% pay cuts. Something to be admired about their corporate culture over there
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by jeegsy 6y ago
> A rich patron? That's hardly a better system. Many great works of art have come to us via this system. In our time, isnt that what Patreon is?
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I absolutely love this rendition of the standard conspiracy theory
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This about covers it. There really isnt any more to add
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or the children discover 1984 later when they are older
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Provided of course that I as the taxpayer have some input in the decision to have 9 children
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by jeegsy 6y ago
Isnt this one of those chicken and egg problems? Isnt the very existence of the welfare the reason why they can pay such low wages in the first place?
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by jeegsy 6y ago
I mean the article literally says Uber is raising prices so...
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by jeegsy 6y ago
Nice reference...Now the song wont leave my head
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Whether I disagree or not is immaterial nor was the intent to engage in a substantive discussion. As I have asserted, this piece has all the hallmarks of propaganda as I understand them. Part of the aims of propaganda is to stimulate partic
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by jeegsy 6y ago
There are no people on this planet that would ever portray themselves as the "bad guy" in their stories. You are always the good guy in your story and the 'others' are the bad. This is human nature not an exclusively whi
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by jeegsy 6y ago
I dont think you emphasized the "white male dominated" part enough
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> Scholarships are easily obtained with a good ACT or SAT score Ha ha ha. Having gone to college and recalling some folks I met, and listening to some stories from a friend who is a high school teacher at a public school, I laughed hard
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by jeegsy 6y ago
There is no such thing as 'no tuition'. In Sweden's case, the public is paying the tuition
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> Kolaches as a Service I chuckled, then got very sad at this.
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They have had ads in the recent past to that effect
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by jeegsy 6y ago
This actually describes my feelings about all this at the moment. I imagine that now and in the future, the 2 Steve scenario in the "garage" will be next to impossible

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